It had been a few days since the incident and Abby was now walking on her own two feet. She was still weak but determination and strength is what kept her going. Marcus had been working around the clock to figure out just who it was that shot her. At first they had thought it was a grounder that possibly stole one of their guns. But all weapons had been accounted for. Being a Doctor Abby did have a fair share of enemies on the Ark. She did not however have nearly as many as Marcus. He blamed himself for her getting hurt, someone wanted to make him suffer by taking out the one good thing he had in his life. They had put off rescuing the kids for a while due to the guards that were still missing. Marcus had come to the conclusion they must have fallen victim to the Grounders. Finn and Bellamy had returned with the others and no sign of Clarke.
At night, Marcus would wake to Abby's sobs. She cried almost every night for her daughter. He tried his best to soothe her by repeating how strong Clarke was and that she would find a way home. Abby usually calmed down after a while because she knew it was true. Her oldest child was a force to be reckoned nothing would stop her. During the day, Abby stayed safe in Marcus' quarters unless there was a medical emergency. It killed her to be hidden away but she knew it was not safe outside.
It was late when Marcus finally arrived back at their room. They had told the camp she was staying in his quarters just to keep her safe but the people saw right through it. Abby sat on the couch her hands resting on her stomach. She had began to show, wearing Marcus' jacket to cover the small bump on the rare occasions she left the quarters.
"We have to tell them." She said as he walked toward her.
"You think now when there's someone out there trying to kill you would be a good time?" He questioned.
"Well, since we've been back here there have not been anymore attempts on my life."
"Abby that's because I have done everything in my power to keep you safe." Marcus sighed taking a seat on the couch next to her.
"Yes but what if we tell the people I'm pregnant? Maybe whoever it is will back off."
"Honey, that is not going to happen. Whoever it is would most likely want you dead even more."
"How close are you to finding whoever it is?"
"Not any closer then I was this morning." He lied as he pulled her against his chest. The truth was he had a lead. Reports had surfaced that Diana Sydney had in fact not been on the Exitus ship when it had launched. He had several witnesses report they had seen her around camp. Marcus had been skeptical at first because they were always extremely cautious about counting their people. He had ordered the guards to go around and make a list of everyone at Camp Jaha. Once they reported back Diana's name was not on the list. Byrne told him that people were probably just messing with him and that Diana had in fact been on the ship.
"Marcus" Abby's soft voice broke him from his thoughts.
"What?" He asked.
"What are you not telling me?"
He hated that about her, she could read him like a book. He could never keep things from her, which was good in a sense but it was times like these that he wished he could.
"Nothing I was just thinking about-"
"Don't even try and lie to me." She cut him off.
Marcus stared into her soft eyes, they were so warm and kind just like her dainty touch. He cupped her cheek in his right hand, "Abby, I don't want to scare you."
"Marcus, I lived in space, almost died oh hell I've lost count of how many times, nothing you say is going to scare me."
He sighed, she was strong, stubborn and determined that's what he loved about her.
"There's been some reports Diana Sydney didn't go down on the Exitus ship."
He watched as her eyes grew wide. "No that's not possible she was in there." Abby quickly rose to her feet.
"This is exactly why I didn't want to tell you." Marcus threw his hands in the air.
"This is some kind of sick joke Marcus. Diana is dead and even if she weren't here why would she want to kill me?" Abby leaned against the counter crossing her arms.
"There's a lot we didn't know about Diana. She despised Jaha and me for that matter." He watched her face fall as he said those last words. If Diana was alive and had been the one to pull the trigger it was most likely meant for him and Abby had been in the way.
Abby gripped the edges of the counter firmly, her knuckles turning white. "This is not your fault." She gritted through her teeth.
Marcus stood from the couch, "Think about it Abby, Jaha is up in space if she's down here with us who can she get to?"
"Don't you do that. We don't even know if it is her, there's no way she's alive."
"Abby anything is possible by now don't you know that?"
"But how could we have missed her?"
"The whole thing happened so fast, no one knew what was going on."
Abby slowly walked toward him and took his hands. She placed them gently on her small bump, "You feel this" she whispered "we did this, you and be Marcus. We beat the odds up there and we'll do it again down here. Diana or no Diana she is not going to win."
He pulled her into him hugging her close. "I'm so sorry Abby." He breathed against her hair. It was clear that if it was in fact Diana that she was out to get Marcus and Abby. There lives were both in danger and there was no way they could tell the camp about the baby now. Abby started to respond to his apology when there was a knock on the door. The two pulled apart and Marcus opened the it.
"I'm sorry to bother you Sir" it was Byrne "but Diana Sydney has been spotted outside the camp."
Marcus eyes grew dark as he turned to Abby. So it was true, she was alive. Abby watched as Marcus grabbed his gun.
"Hey!" She screamed "Don't you do anything stupid."
"She killed my mother and she tried to kill you. I'm not letting her get away Abby." He pressed a kiss to her forehead before disappearing down the hallway.
